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News Vaygelt added that mobile operators need to improve network coverage in order to reduce customer churn and also tackle "the fear and uncertainty that some potential new customers have about price". But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. [20 Aug 2008]
Nokia retains smart phone crown
News As economic gloom continues the analyst said operators are likely to become even more unwilling to heavily subsidise high-end devices without adequate proof of return, and it predicts contract lengths and the time between upgrades will increase... [19 Aug 2008]
Femtocells to save mobile operators over $5bn?
News Mobile operators could make "significant savings" on network infrastructure costs by deploying femtocells. It expects more than 40 million of the broadband-piggybacking indoor base station devices will be deployed by the end of 2013 - and reckons... [13 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News But incumbent spectrum licence holders such as TV broadcasters and mobile phone operators, including Verizon Wireless, say wireless devices that access this unlicensed spectrum will cause interference in the neighbouring spectrum bands. [12 Aug 2008]
European satellite services are green for launch
News By doing so, the Commission hopes to make it more economically viable for satellite services to be developed and rolled out by operators, as they will no longer have to deal with differing spectrum in different countries. [11 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News Report co-author Dr Alastair Brydon added the "vast majority" of mobile network operators will upgrade to LTE rather than WiMax, "resulting in over four times more LTE users [then WiMax] by the end of 2015". [05 Aug 2008]
LiMo adds browser-based UI kit to arsenal
News Rauste told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk last Tuesday that the browser-based UI approach would be attractive to operators, as it makes it easier and quicker for them to put their own services, such as online music stores or location-based... [05 Aug 2008]
Consumer price fears hamper mobile internet
News Mobile internet is in need of a boost from operators if it's to truly take off in the UK where consumer fears of massive bills is hampering adoption. But MDA chairman, Steve Reynolds, said mobile operators need to address a number of issues in... [29 Jul 2008]
Police shame 999 time wasters on YouTube
News But that did not stop some callers in Somerset from hitting 999 and berating exasperated emergency operators about their wife's sub standard salmon sandwiches or their difficulties peeling potatoes. Losing your glasses or forgetting the answer to a... [29 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News Writing on a 12Net portal website, Negroponte makes it clear mesh systems - powered by the many not the few - are his vision for a wired world: "Large wired and wireless telephone companies will be replaced by micro-operators, millions of which... [24 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Durie also said data-roaming prices were coming down, "not just because commissioner [Viviane] Reding said they should but because [operators] want to encourage people not to be afraid [to use such services]". [22 Jul 2008]
Number of free ATMs to increase by a third
News All cash machine operators in the UK are part of the Link ATM network, comprising about 37,500 free machines that account for 96 per cent of cash withdrawals and 27,000 charging 'holes in the wall'. As part of the initiative to locate free ATMs in... [18 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Other factors helping to drive mobile internet consumption in Blighty include operators signing contracts with free email providers, such as Google Mail, and social networking websites like Facebook. Britain is fast becoming a nation peopled by... [17 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Tom Phillips, chief government and regulatory affairs officer at the GSMA, said in a statement: "According to our analysis, the average price of SMS roaming services in the EU has declined by 18 per cent in the last year, as operators launch new... [16 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News He said the industry needs to roll out super fast broadband and acknowledged regulations need to "provide the right incentives for operators to invest, recognising the inherently risky nature of these investments". [15 Jul 2008]
